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ID ID "Biodiversity in Development " (BIRD) Cooperative Agreement LAG-A-00-98-00059-00 June 15,2001 FYO1 Semi-Annual Progress Report Conservation International Biodiversity in Regional Development (BiiRD) June l!TthSemi-Annual Report FYOI: October 1,2000 - March 31,2001 Biodiversity in Regional Development (BiRD) Cooperative Agreement No. LAG-A-00-98-00059-00 Introduction This report covers the first six-month period of FYO1 from October 1,2000 through March 31,2001 for activities completed under the USAIDBiRD Cooperative Agreement. For FYO1, obligated funding for the BiRD Cooperative Agreement supported activities in Bolivia, Brazil and Papua New Guinea. Hinhliqhts a The coordination established with strategic allies has allowed us to increase the scope and impact of the project and also to increase the FYO1 BiRD budget. We are working with CARE, for example, on an environmental education program and on erosion and desertification research in Apolo. The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is also our partner in the development of a monitoring program. The focus is to monitor the flora and fauna use by peasant and indigenous communities. In addition, WCS also helps us in the complementation of the biological research. With aid from the Project for Sustainable Forestry Management (Proyecto Manejo Forestal Sostenible - BOLFOR), the Forestry Superintendence (Superintendencia Forestral) and the Enterprise for Agroforestry Services (Empresa de Servicios Agroforestales - ESAF); 69 hectares of agro forestry plots were established. 0 An integral biological study is being carried out in the northeastern part of the National Park and Area of Integrated Management Madidi (PN ANMl Madidi), under a cooperative agreement signed with the lnstitute of Ecology, Bolivian Fauna Collection, and Bolivian National Herbarium (IE-CBF-HNB). The verification of legal holdings within the NP ANMl Madidi lxiamas municipality will begin in March and will take place in collaboration with the National Institute of Agrarian Reform (INRA). The total surface area for verification is 595,524 hectares. o Visits to the Una Ecopark were at record high, reaching nine hundred and ninety nine visitors in January 2001. Two thousand and ninety nine people visited the Una Ecopark between October 2000 and March 2001. The number of monthly visits was similar between peak tourism season (Oct-March) 199912000 and 200012001. In March, the Ecopark closed for three weeks for canopy walkway maintenance. Since it reopened in February 1998, a total of nine thousand seven hundred people have visited the Ecopark. (See Attachment Brazil-1) o The Cooperative of Organic Producers of Southern Bahia was created. IESB assisted the farmers in elaborating the statutes, writing-up meeting minutes, bureaucratic procedures and the creation of the logo. IESB has also supported the creation of the Organic Certification State Committee - created in March 2001. CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL SEMI-ANNUALREPORT-JUNE 15,2001 Biodiversity in Regional Development (BiRD) Cooperative Agreement No. LAG-A-00-98-00059-00 IESB organized 5 workshops on environmental legislation for rural producers from 30 Associations of Una municipality (of these, 20 associations are the Una Rural Producers Cooperative members). Three people from each association were invited and a total of 69 participated in the workshops. The main goal of these workshops was to discuss the importance of environmental protection, appropriate uses of natural resources, and the role of the environmental governmental agencies and legislation. A manual will be produced including all the issues discussed and what was agreed upon. (See Attachment Brazil-2) 0 IESB has supported the creation of 10 RPPNs (1,500 ha) and has initiated the process of creating 8 additional RPPNs (1,700 ha). Six farmers have also shown interest in creating RPPNs within their properties (3,000 ha). (See Attachment Brazil-3) 3) CI-Papua New Guinea The communities in the Lakekamu Basin and the Wide Bay area are moving forward with the help of CI-PNG to secure parts of their land as Wildlife Management Areas (WMA). This legislation allows communities to set the terms of land use, development and conservation for their areas. Community members of the Lakekamu Basin are taking an active roll in the development and workings of the lvimka Research Station. There has been positive interest shown in understanding what types of research are being conducted at the site, as well as understanding the results of that research. Community members have asked CI-PNG to establish a reference library of all research conducted at the IRS so that they may consult their findings to understand more about their area and the work being done there. In addition, with the help of CI-PNG the communities have worked to improve the facilities of the IRS and promote its services to a wider audience. Nine youths from the Lakekamu Basin joined students from the University of Papua New Guinea and the PNG University of Technology in a field-training course put on by the universities. This course was designed to prepare university level students in field biology techniques. The youths from the village did very well and received words of encouragement from their instructors. These youths will be able to assist in further conservation monitoring done by CI, and will also have the skills and knowledge needed to be hired as fieldlresearch assistants by visiting researchers. * GI-PNG has helped the communities of Taintop and Klampun in the Wide Bay Region make linkages with organizations that can assist them with needed technical support. The Taintop people have formed a relationship with the Center for Environmental Law and Community Rights (CELCOR) in Port Moresby, to assist in land rights issues regarding the encroachment of timber entities into their area. The communities have also started to work with the East New Britain Tourist Bureau, in order to work on Eco-Tourism in the area. With the assistance of the OISCA, a Rabaul-basedJapanese development institute, the communities have had workshops in rice farming and butterfly farming. It is hoped that the farming of rice and butterflies, as well as eco- tourism, will provide sustainable income sources for the people of the Taintop and Klampun. @ The communities of the Wide Bay region and CI-PNG have published the first issue of 'Tokaut Nius Bilong Wide Bay" (Wide Bay News Forum), a biannual newsletter for all the stakeholders in the Wide Bay Region. The publication has been written in Tok Pisin so that local community members as well as government and national NGOs may take advantage of the news source. CONSERVATIONINTERNATIONAL SEMI-ANNUALREPORT- JUNE15,2001 BiodiversitV in Reaional Develo~ment(BIRD) cooperative ~geementNo. fJk-A-00-98-00059-00 Proqress bv Activitv Component Objective 1: Increase scientific understanding of Madidi National Park's biodiversity in order to raise awareness of the Park's importance and counteract existing threats. Activities: A) In conjunction with the Institute of Ecology (lnstituto de Ecologfa), CI-Washington, CI-Peru, General Directorate for Biodiversity (Direccibn General de Biodiversidad), Madidi National Park, Bolivian scholarship students and local communities, CI-Bolivia will complete the GIs-database for Madidi National Park, including its Multiple Use Zone and Buffer Zone. This database will be used for planning purposes and for monitoring and evaluation - highlighting the threats to the Park. More specifically, this activity will include: FYOO-0 I. A 7) Completion of a GIs database initiated in year one, and further compilation of geographic information, including historical data (including satellite imagery already in existence). I Purchase of satellite imagery IX IX I l~nalysisof satellite imagery to I 1 X I X identify areas undergoing erosion I I Map the human settlements areas I Compilation and organization of I X 1 X I studies on the project area I Analysis of satellite imagery to 1 X classify vegetation by species Analysis of NOAA satellite imagery X X to identify chacofied areas Field mapping of mining sites Field ma~pingof hvdrocarbon prospecting and exploitation sites 1 Field mapping of forest use sites 1 Field mapping of tourism sites and 1 scenic routes of Keara, Azariamas, 5 de junio, El Tigre, Maravilla and Santa FB peasant communities monitoring program 1 I I Updating of ownership rights and 1 land occupancy for the project's area of influence Support to institutions for X computerization of the Management Plan I I f Organization and computerization I 1 of other project results. I 1 1 CONSERVATIONINTERNATIONAL SEMI-ANNUALREPORT-JUNE 15,2001 Biodiversity in Regional Development (BiRD) cooperative ~greementNo. LAG-A-00-98-00059-00 Progress to-date: Updated satellite imagery has not been purchased. Coordination with government agencies and non- governmental institutions and the Department of Biology at George Mason University (a partner in the current research being done on the "Impacts of Three Human Settlements on the Area of Influence of the Madidi National Park in Bolivia"), however, has allowed us to obtain a coverage of 750h of the protected areas with images from the year 2000. Analysis of the satellite imagery to determine surfaces undergoing erosion processes, establishes that approximately 29,376 hectares are undergoing erosion in the Apolo Municipality, inside the area of influence of the National Park and Natural Area of lntegrated Management Madidi (this is based on the satellite imagery from 1993). Approximately 30,665 hectares of the total surface are currently undergoing erosion (based on satellite imagery from 2000). A collection of existing secondary information referring to human settlements and biological studies of the project's area of influence was complemented. It is important to mention, however, that there are neither new human settlements nor recent scientific studies. Classification of the vegetation in the area of influence of the National Park and Natural Area of lntegrated Management Madidi (10 kms. outside of the established boundaries) was performed. Once the satellite imagery is completed, a new vegetation classification will be performed for the protected area.
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